what he said about reports the u.s. spied on south korean officials, rising nuclear tensions and relations with china the slow-moving disaster the severe flooding threat as snow melts much of yosemite park closed, as some areas along the mississippi are already under water. what doctors are calling one of the worst allergy seasons in decades why so many adults are suffering for the first time. and the remarkable life of an american original, singer, actor and civil rights activist, remembering the great harry belafonte. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome, everyone. there are 560 days until the 2024 presidential election, and tonight the ingredients for a potential trump-biden rematch are falling into place following president biden s announcement today that he is in, officially running for a second term in office as he put it in an early morning video release, to finish the job. the president laying out the stakes, taking
donald trump and then, vice president kamal harris spotlighting a key issu for the 2024 abortion access. as more states impos restrictions and republica candidates grapple wit messaging. and political battles playin out in school board meetings across the country, but what d parents really want? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i a stephanie ruhle. the president makes his pitc for another turn askin americans to let, unquote, finish the job in a video released early this morning, for years to the days since his last presidentia announcement, president bide laid out the stakes to - what he calls maga relatives when i ran for presiden four years ago i said we are i a battle for the soul of america and we still are the question we are facing i weather in the years ahead w have more freedom or les freedom. more rights or fewer i know what i want, and i thin you do too this is not a time to be complacent that is why i am running for
that s why i m running for re-election. biden wants another term in the white house to finish the job. meanwhile, the front-runner to take on biden, former president donald trump is face another legal challenge. a prosecutor in georgia set to reveal a decision this summer on whether to indict trump over alleged 2020 election interference and the legal challenges for trump don t end there. jury selection is started today, right now, in new york will trump show up to testify in his own defense? and later, one of the biggest media shakeups in decades. the shock waves after two big exits from the airwaves. first, the breaking political news president biden announcing his bid for a second term. we have every angle covered, with our reporters and analysts, symone sanders townsend and john kasich thank you all for being part of this conversation. the theme of the video is let s finish the job what can we expect from the white house and president biden in the coming weeks? we
and then nikki haley is going to deliver a major speech to abortion and then two legal battles surrounding former president donald trump in sudan, a shaky cease-fire as an evacuation is under way to help foreigners. what we know about why tucker carlson and don lemon were forced out. and then we remember harry bwho died president biden announced he s running for re-election he kicked off his bid for a second term with the release of a three-minute video called freedom, and he asked voters to tk give him more time biden also says maga extremists are lining up to cut the social safety net and take away personal liberties the announcement comes four years to the day after he launched his 2020 campaign when i ran for president four years ago, i said we are in the battle for the soul of america, and we still are the question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more or less freedom, more rights or fewer. i know what i want the answer to be, and i think you do,
Is College Commencement season and some Campus Protesters are turning their focus this from occupying the quad to disrupting the pomp and circumstance last night, protesters interrupted a Commencement Ceremony at the university of Michigan Police arrived suit after the tactics of the protests, there, polarizing but one statement of solidarity with the propalestinian Student Movement caught my eye this week. Its the College Decrats of america this an official branch of the Democratic Party and its led by students. Uh, you know, to win reelection, President Biden needs young voters. So when the infrastructure that exists to get him those votes publicly criticizes the president. Its more than just a statement of support the group also added this College Democrats votes are not to be taken for granted by the Democratic Party. We reserve the right to criticize our party when it fails to listen to us with me now, two liters of the College Democrats who voted on this solidary solidarity state